Rule text
Subject to the provisions of Section 62-11, the clerk of the trial court and the appellate clerk or the appellate messenger having custody of the files, evidence and exhibits in any case shall make them available for the use of any party or counsel to that party, whether or not the file is sealed. This provision applies to counsel who have appeared in either the trial court or the Appellate Court. This rule shall not be deemed to permit appellate counsel to review records that were sealed as to trial counsel but retained in the trial court file for appellate review.
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(P.B. 1978-1997, Sec. 4036.) (Amended Sept. 8, 2004, to take effect Jan. 1, 2005; amended June 15, 2016, to take effect Aug. 1, 2016.)
COMMENTARY-August, 2016: In civil and criminal cases that were filed on or after January 1, 2016, and that do not contain protected information, a case summary page and electronically filed documents in that case are available to the public on the Judicial Branch website. In family and child protection matters and in cases that contain protected information, attorneys and self-represented parties who have valid appearances in the case may view the case summary page and electronically filed documents in that case through E-Services. The applicable procedures for obtaining on-line access to these documents, set forth in the Appellate E-filing Procedures and Technical Standards, require a self-represented party to submit an "Appellate Electronic Access Form" and to provide the appellate clerk's office with a valid photo identification.